Classificazione di Emozioni Incognite

Classificazione di Emozioni Incognite, i.e., 'a classification of unknown emotions', explores those emotions that lie unexpressed by people in everyday life.

This piece presents a collection of receipts found on tables and counters of bars, train stations, and coffee shops. These receipts were unconsciously fiddled with and shaped by individuals while discussing with a friend over a coffee, having an intimate conversation with a partner, or whilst daydreaming and waiting for a train.

Each of these receipts captures a person's emotion at a given moment. An emotion that was not verbalised, yet it found a medium to express itself. Every little crease or groove that was applied to these little pieces of paper appears to reveal meaning.

Similarly to what a botanist would do on an expedition, the purpose of this collection is to interpret the shapes of these receipts and to classify them.

Exhibited at Bar Isola, Milan, curated by Claudio Jaccarino.

Receipts, pins

2017

Dimensions: TBD